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  1. mutadayen

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  2. I have been fitted and taken lessons. My swing speed varied on the monitor between 108 to 114 (PGA Superstore). My club is a Nike VRS Covert 2.0, 8.5*, Stiff, with the a 45" Mitsubishi Rayon Kuro Kage 60 graphite shaft that comes with the club. At my fitting, they threw multiple different drivers at me and mixed up the shafts. The two best performing drivers last year were the Nike and the Cobra. They put me a in a high torque shaft, even the really expensive shaft upgrade that would have added another $300 to the cost, but it didnt make a different. Flights were similar, so we agreed to keep the shaft standard and instead of spending money on a shaft, we spent money on lessons to try to find my right swing path. Like i noted, in the winter time, I felt good about my driver swing and things were clicking. But over the last month, the driver specifically has gone to shite. I use the same takeaway, same tempo, same feel as my wedge (I use to slice and push everything right because my swing was handsy, as i started everything with my hands and my club was behind my body right at the point in my back-swing when hands were parallel to my belt buckle on the takeaway. I was going way too much inside). After a few months of hell, my swing starts with my shoulders and i keep my hands in front of the club at parallel, getting into a more pro like position (we used Nick Faldo, Adam Scott, and Billy Horschel as examples). I've gotten more on plane with all my clubs and shortened my swing as i'm pretty flexible and use to get my arms vertically straight on my back-swing if i wanted to, parallel with my legs). So i use to over-swing to say the least and sway a lot. That's calmed down tremendously. At this point, I have zero confidence with my driver. I spent enough on a driver last year that i didnt want to spend more again this year to get refitted for a new driver because i loved the Titleist 915D2 driver. I didnt go into as much research and time on the shaft as i should, and i will this winter, but Chicago has a short golfing season as is so im just trying to salvage the remainder of this year in hopes of a fresh driver start next year, or simply move to a 3wood like driver which i much more confident in.
  3. Thanks for the feedback and suggestions. WIll head out to the store this weekend to try and hopefully test my theory. Hoping one of the options out there can get me within a reasonable distance of my 3 wood today
  4. I have come to the conclusion after my last couple of rounds that i simply cannot control the driver and am erratic with it off the tee. Consciously or subconsciously, i think im swinging the 3 wood the same way and my results are infinitely more predictable and consistent. Went again to the range today and spent 30 minutes hitting driver and 30 minutes hitting 3 wood, and came to this conclusion that the driver and me cannot co-exist. This is even after a winter of lessons and thinking i was making strides with the driver after great simulator sessions. Time to retire my driver along with my ego and get smart is what im thinking. I played a 9 hole round using my 3 wood, and the next day using my driver on the same 9 holes. The results were as follow: Day 1 - 3 wood: 6/7 fairways hit Day 2 - driver: 2/7 fairways hit Played 18 holes a couple days after, and managed to hit only 4/14 fairways with the driver, yet still shot an 85, all things considered. With that, has anyone gone through the same thing? And furthermore, are any of the big companies who could make a 3 wood with a lower loft setting (like a 9.5 or 10.5)? Titleist makes a 13.5 degree and im really tempted to go pick it up. Thoughts?
  5. Nike Covert 2.0 Tour driver stiff for $250 on eBay. How I won that bid at that price is beyond me
  6. It was definitely a driver on a sharp dogleg left hole. I watched it again as i was working from home and it had it in the background. Rory and Tiger both took out drivers, Rory went with the layout of the course (as did the other playing partner), and Tiger faded it over the trees. All were in teh fairway, but because of the fade and the setup of the hole, Tiger was way behind the other two
  7. Honestly, that makes sense. That simple sentence has explained more than most experts on the golf channel have explained
  8. I saw him hit draws last year with his 3 and 5 woods at Doral, so I know he can do it. Yes, you are right in the wording. For whatever reason he is choosing to elect to not hit draws. The commentators of the tourney were mentioning it on TV pretty much on every drawable hole, noting that he only hits fades. That's where my wording originated from. It's a good question, but only one that he and Sean Foley can really answer
  9. What i've noticed, and maybe this is just me, but I stayed up and watched the first round of Dubai tourney last night and he appears never to be able to hit a draw. The entire back 9 is set up for a draw, and he only hit fades. On one particular hole, he was between 40-50 yards behind Rory, who both use the same driver, but Tiger hit a fade electing to go over trees where Rory following the course setup. Is it just me, or has the draw been completely wiped away from his game altogether? Very strange to watch from a player of his stature who's been playing all of his life. You'd figure he'd able to pull out a draw on command should he choose to, but it now seems not to be the case.
  10. I dont think the weight training or his physical routine really is having a negative impact to his game. I dont think that's been an issue. What i've noticed, and maybe this is just me, but I stayed up and watched the first round of Dubai tourney last night and he appears never to be able to hit a draw. The entire back 9 is set up for a draw, and he only hit fades. On one particular hole, he was between 40-50 yards behind Rory, who both use the same driver, but Tiger hit a fade electing to go over trees where Rory following the course setup. Is it just me, or has the draw been completely wiped away from his game altogether? Very strange to watch from a player of his stature who's been playing all of his life. You'd figure he'd able to pull out a draw on command should he choose to, but it now seems not to be the case. The working out to me is only beneficial.
  11. I've been doing something all summer that has worked reliably from the driver on down to the wedges that has gotten me (1) far better accuracy and consistency and (2) further distance on all my clubs. At address, i've been "pushing" my left hip (im a right hander) about a couple inches towards the target which results in my tilting my head behind the ball a bit more at address, and keeps me in that position throughout the swing to promote, if not exaggerate, that "hanging back" feeling. When I do this specific move at address, i would say at least 7 out of 8 eight times the ball goes within 5 yards of my target, to which im thrilled at. Does this logic make sense to anyone and to why its working, or can anyone confirm what i'm doing is correct and that since its new its just a weird feeling for me with this swing change until it become second nature? Thanks...
  12. I fought with the same issue and never found consistency. I took lessons this year and I worked on a concept of "hanging back" in the downswing. What I actually found wasnt so much the feeling of hanging back in the downswing, but tilting a bit more away from the ball in the setup position. I would advise trying putting the ball back where you previously had it on the heel of your foot, and on your setup tilting from the waist up only, with your head about 6 inches behind the ball, and maintaining that position thru impact. It took me about a month to get comfortable with this position because man oh man did it feel weird, but my results have been fascinating to say the least. I stopped slicing all together and I only pull the shot left if I swing too fast, but about 60-70% of the time, the ball goes in the general direction I was aiming. The illustration of adam scott illustrates what im talking about. Hope that helps... http://www.golfdigest.com/golf-tours-news/2013-06/gwar-adam-scott-instruction-0603
  13. New girlfiend effect. But in my opinion, I find that steel shafts provide more stability. I started off with graphite shafts 8 years ago and switched to steel shafts a couple years after, and while the transition took a little time, it was has led to more consistent results.
  14. I've been struggling with slicing the driver and not feeling confident that my iron shots would go in the direction I wanted them to go for a couple of years now, but one drill has literally made all the difference (and god knows i've read all the magazines and watched endless videos that all said the same thing...swing out to first base, but that rarely worked consistently). I watched a video about getting a feeling like your hands and club on the downswing feel like they are coming over the right foot on the downswing (promoting that inside to out, on plane swing). After about a month of getting that feeling to be consistent, I literally never slice or shank, and about 80% of the time get the ball to go in the direction I want it to go, and the other 20% are misses I would expect to miss and know where it's going to end up. I've take the right side of any hole out play, and its nice to finally be able to say that. What i've recently disovered, and what works for me, is how to consistently hit a draw and fade pretty routinely. For a draw, I close the club face slightly and really feel like im coming in over the top of my shoe laces, where as with a fade, I move the ball slightly forward in the stance, open the club face slightly, and feel like im coming over the front of my foot. With the draw, its just feels like im coming more inside and I dont have to swing as hard. With a fade, it's a little bit harder swing but it works. 8 years now playing this game (started late at the age of 26) and now this trick is revealed. Anybody got Doc Brown's number cuz him and me gotta talk about going back in time? Wanted to know if this essentially is what more experienced find to be true, or if anyone else has tried this and gotten similar results?
  15. I bought it a couple of months ago and was really struggling finding a comfort level with it, especially on the launch monitors indoors. I can honestly say that a month ago I was really having buyers remorse. Not sure what happened tho, but in the past couple of weeks everything has clicked after playing with the settings and setting it to 8.5* and neutral (swing speed averaged 115), i've never felt as confident stepping up to drive. I have the tour version because I was a slicer, but I think a combination of lessons and this club has cured my ills greatly. Id honestly say ive increaed my accuracy by about 50% (not slicing at all in my last 20+ plus drives), and when I miss I miss on the line I was starting the ball at, so I either hit it where I want or miss it where I would expect to miss it at. Distance wise, on a no wind day, i averaged between 280-290 yards consistently. Are there other clubs that are longer...yes, there are. But im a believer in the covert and ill sacrifice a few yards for confidence any day, thats what i feel now with this driver in hand. Very happy I stuck with it...
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